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CARRIER FOR BINDERS, &c. No. 316,362. Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

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FFlQEG ArsENr CHARLES S. HENSLEY, OF LAWVRENOE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM. HENSLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIER FOR BlNDERS, &.c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,362, dated April 21, 1885.

Applicatirn filed March 3, 1584. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HENSLEY, of thetownship of Lawrence, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers for Binders, &c., ofwhich the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to an improved construction of carrier-chains for use in bindro ers,-reapers, and like machines wherein carriers are employed.

It consists in providing a double chain which runs over suitable wheels at each end of the carrier-way and pivoting fingers there- :5 to at suitable intervals throughout its length, which are adapted to travel along on the top of the way in an upright position, and thus push the straw or other material before it, and to drop backward when they reach the end, and go under the bed and be drawn back to the other end upon the chain, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a carrier embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a detail section of the rear part of the same on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, a top or plan view 0 of the parts shown by Fig. 2, the floor being removed; Fig. 4., a transverse sectional view on the dotted lines .2 z of Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 5, a detail view showing the finger in eleva tion on the dotted lineg y, Fig. 6; and Fig. 6, a

5 vertical section on dotted line a: m, Fig. 5.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the carrier-wheels; B, the carrierframe; 0 and O, sprocket-wheels over which the carrier-belt runs; D, said carrier-belt;

and E, a track under the top part of said carrier-belt for the fingers to travel on.

The wheels A and frame B are or may be of the ordinary construction of this portion of a self-binding reaping-machine, to which 5 class of machines my invention is particularly adapted.

The sprocket-wheels G and G are mounted, respectively, on the shafts c c, and carry the chain-belt, as before described. Said shafts are mounted in suitable bearings in the framework, and are driven in the usual manner, one of them being driven from the drivingwheel by appropriate mechanism, (not shown,) and the other being an idler-shaftdriven by the carrier-chain running over it. The shaft c is preferably divided in the middle, as shown, making two short shafts, and leaving the space between the sprocket-wheels of this end open, so that the fingers can pass between them without any hinderance. The sprocketwheels are arranged in pairs, one part of the double chain running over one wheel and the other part over the other wheel of each pair.

The carrier-belt D is composed of a pair of ordinary chain-belts running-side by side over the sprocket-wheels O and O, and are connected by pivots d, on which are pivoted the fingers D at suitable intervals to efficiently perform their work. Said fingers are constructed in substantially right-angular form, being provided with foot-pieces d at their lower ends, which extend back from said fingers and support them in an upright position while they are passing forward over the track E, as will be presently more fully described.

The track E is laid under the apron of the carrier between the sprocket-wheels O and C.

At its forward end it is not extended quite to the wheel 0, and thus the fingers. being unsupportedj ust prior to their reaching the end they are allowed to drop backward, thus ceasing their operation on the straw, and go over the wheel down under the apron and back to the other end. At the rear end said track is provided with a trip, 6, which operates to partially raise the fingers as they pass over it. Just in front of the trip a notch, e, is provided, into which the feet drop as they 0 pass over the trip, and then come against the corner at the front of said notch, which immediately operates to raise said fingers into an uprightposition as the feet pass over it onto the track. I 5

The machine being set in operation, my invention operates as follows: The fingers are held in a vertical position by the feet, which brace them fromlthe rear and prevent them from falling backward, and, being wider than the slot in the apron, it cannot fall forward. They pass along through a longitudinal slot in the floor of the machine, the feet resting upon the track beneath. As they leave the track at the front end they drop backward and go over the wheel to the under side of the floor, as before described. In coming back upon the track again at the other end they pass over the trip 6, which supports them in a partially-elevated position, while the feet pass over into the notch e and against its front side, which immediately elevate them as the feet pass upon the track proper, as will be readily understood.

The chain is shown as applied to a binder; but, as will be readily understood, it is equally well adapted to various other machines or any machine wherein a carrier is employed.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In astraw-carrier, the combination, with the frame-work, of the sprocket-wheels C and G, mounted on shafts in said frame, the double chaincarrier belt D, having fingers D pivoted thereon and provided with foot-pieces d, and a track, E, laid under the top part of said carrier-belt, on which the foot-pieces of the fingers travel forward, said track being provided with a trip, 6, and a notch, e, at the rear end, which operates to raise the finger as it passes ox'er it, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. In a straw-carrier, the combination,with the frame-work, of the sprocket-wheels C and O, mounted on shafts c and 0, respectively, said shaft 0 being divided in the middle, thus forming, practically, two shafts with a space between their adjacent ends, the double chaincarrier belt D, having fingers D pivoted thereon, and provided with foot-pieces d, and a track, E, laid under the top part of said carrier-belt, on which the foot-pieces of the fingers travel forward, said track being provided with tripping devices at the rear end, which operate to raise the fingers as they pass over it, substantially as set forth.

3. In a straw-carrier, the combination,with the carrier-belt thereof, having fingers provided with foot-pieces pivoted thereon, of a track laid under the top part of said carrierbelt, on which the foot-pieces of said fingers travel forward, said track being provided at its rear end with a trip, 6, and a notch, e, whereby said fingers are raised to a vertical position as they pass up over them, substantial] y as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this th day of February, A. D. 1884.

CHAS. S. HENSLEY. [L. s]

In presence of I E. W. BRADFORD, CHARLES L. THURBER. 

